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Has the world already reached Peak Health? If so, who’s to blame?
The concept of peak oil has spread into the health sector, with public health professionals now talking about peak health in the same vein. This draws important parallels between our health as humans...
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All hail the cheese roll
They’re celebrating and exploring the science of the cheese roll in Dunedin this month. I love cheese rolls, and reading about this makes me want to rush home and cook up a batch of these warming...
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Te Mahi Kai – The language of food
This week is Māori Language Week, themed The Language of Food. What better way to engage the Nation than to create synergies between Te Reo Māori, one of our three official languages* (which only 4.7%...
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Challenging nutrition paradigms
Many of you will have heard of the nutrition professor, Mark Haub from Kansas State University who’s currently undertaking an experiment on himself to see if he can lose weight while eating an energy...
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The resurgence of ‘Home Grown’
Growing fruit and vegetables at home is hardly a new phenomenon. But over the past couple of years there has been a real surge in popularity of home grown produce. It’s been reported that in response...
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One meal, many cultures
Recently I was lucky enough to dine at ‘Eight’ Restaurant in the Langham Hotel. When described to me by a friend, the words ‘buffet’ and ‘hotel’ in the same sentence ensured my expectations remained...
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Understanding food
We all need food to survive, but in an age where you can shop for it 24/7, heat and eat it and get it without leaving your car, have we lost our understanding of food? Having a basic understanding of...
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Food Week dishes up popular cooking tips
There’s only 2 more days to go in the inaugural New Zealand Nutrition Foundation Food Week! Having completed 16 radio interviews and five interactive celebrity cooking demos with audiences of hundreds,...
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Going the gluten free way
Being recently diagnosed by a dietitian as having a gluten intolerance, I wandered along to the Gluten Free Food & Allergy Show over the weekend. It’s an annual roadshow of producers, tasters, and...
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Do tales of expensive tomatoes really protect the public interest?
Media are required to walk a fine line between generating interest from their publics while ensuring they are not misrepresenting facts to do this. They also tend to target one aspect of an issue to...
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